Everything else, yes I can see the point, but those things... just don't get it. Come on all you maths people. Please tell me.
2007-09-09 04:58:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Matrices are widely used in many branches of engineering including :-
electrical, electronic,
mechanical, civil, construction to name but a few.
Matrices are most useful in presenting information in an organised fashion and solving equations of many types.
So get on with it---you will manage!!!!!
2007-09-11 01:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by Como 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matrices are really just an organizational tool. It's an "easy" way to keep a bunch of numbers organized instead of having several different equations to work with and keep track of.
If you are really interested, look up "linear algebra". That's where matrices are used alot and are able to describe when lines/shapes, etc. are moved, flipped, rotated or transformed on a coordinate graph.
Although they DO make many math equations easier, if you're not using that form of math, they just seem to be a harder tool. So in high school, not much use. But they do become useful in harder mathematics.
Oh, the biggest use...do you remember having to solve for systems of equations. Like, if I am given x + y = 9 and x^2 + 3y = 10 and I wanted to know where they intersected...matrices are by far the easiest way to solve these. Especially when I start to get into equations that have more than 3 variables.
2007-09-09 05:11:02 · answer #2 · answered by Kat 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hmmm, matrices come up a lot in all sorts of mathematical problems.
If you play computer games, then every time you see a three-dimensional object in a game, you are seeing an application of matrices. Most graphic processors use 4x4 matrices so much, they define multiplication of 4x4 matrices as a single operation.
Personally, I don't use matrices much, although I did need to invert a 512x512 matrix a few years back for my study of the game of bridge.
2007-09-09 05:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by thomasoa 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Some sequences follow a pattern. The matrix just identifies and helps solve that sequences' problem.
It becomes useful in things like computer science and chemistry.
2007-09-09 05:04:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can use matrices (usually via a computer) to solve simultaneous equations in as many variables as you like; among other things.
2007-09-12 09:59:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matrix can be used to solve mathematical problems which can have any numbers of unknowns. Of course, if you have, let's say 4 unknowns, you must have 4 conditions.
It can be used in science, for example, to calculate vector of a force. In business, it can be used to solve linear programming problems like optimal output, forecasting, etc.
2007-09-09 05:22:58 · answer #6 · answered by tancy2411 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah to secure marks in exams! =)
matrices are about the easiest to score! =) and actually it does help.. in solving a row of crazy simultaneous equations and you're racing for time..
okay, matrices helps me in that way, but i dont know about the others.
2007-09-09 05:04:28 · answer #7 · answered by abc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
math have certainly no longer something to do with god. faith and math(or the different technology) contradict one yet another, with technology constantly triumphing on the tip!! 2+2=4 via fact I say so, no longer god
2016-10-04 06:32:46 · answer #8 · answered by earles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋